The Peaks & Dales Rail Link

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Peaks & Dales Link Rail

September September 2019

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By Manchester & East Midlands Rail ActionPartnershEastByManchester Rail & Midlands The Peaks & Dales Link Rail Why Re-instate “Peaks and Dales”?

The business case comes from the Hope Valley route – it’s FULL! No one is happy… • For passengers, path conflict with slower freight means an unacceptable service level • Quarries can’t react to competition from Mendips and even Nord Pas de Calais • For Transport for the North (TfN), this is the “Achilles Heel” of their passenger strategy • Yorkshire and East Midlands historically diverged over priorities for this limited capacity This led to: • the quarry consortium, over two years ago (freight led + heritage) • MEMRAP – campaigning to add a public service, from Jan 2019

Derby University’s Low Carbon Unit reported to us: • 38 round trips of stone trains (in 1 week) via Matlock, will save >40% of current emissions, or 150,000kg of CO2, versus the current longer, hilly Edale / Dore route. • This ongoing saving is equivalent to weekly planting of about 15,000 trees. • Leisure trips transferred to rail save at least 50% of road based CO2 emissions, often more, as does a similar modal shift by commuters Whilst impact of the proposed Cycletrain was not included, PDNPA liked the prospect of fewer cars in the Park with better opportunities for cyclists seeking to arrive by rail.

Passenger Benefits: SUBSTANTIAL – with shift From: from private to public transport The South, Derby and Matlock 1. Enhanced community connectivity To: Buxton, Chinley, Manchester 2. Better commuting options by rail 3. Alleviate A6 traffic (Rowsley to Matlock) Route: DIRECT, via THE DERBYSHIRE 4. Enhanced Matlock branch services DALES RAIL LINK 5. Better public transport for A6 corridor 6. Increased provision of heritage rail Journey time: Matlock to Manchester 7. New, permanent Monsal Trail approx. 75 minutes (semi-fast) 8. Cycletrain: enhanced access to PDNP 9. Day & Overnight Visitors: PDNP, Heritage 10. Corresponding Hope Valley improvements MEMRAP

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Slow trains: Sheffield via Hope Valley Freight Missing 12 mile link Peak Rail Matlock Branch – to Main Line Main Line

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Derbyshire Tourist Board Review (2017): • 3.9 million over night visitors • 35 million day visitors • Weakness – public transport links • Yet > 10m visited Peak National Park © MEMRAP 2019 6 How Did We Get Here? “ The Peaks and Dales Rail Link” - Changing Fortunes

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• Inter-regional DFT CBT Open Connectivity

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• Quarry outputs Consortium

New Millers Decline & Beeching Scott – Wilson 1. Hope Valley full Strategic Dale Station Closure by feasibility 2. Open connectivity now Inter-regional Opened Barbara Castle, rejection by an option Link Serpell Report SRA 3. Consortium focused on Restored private re-opening

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